When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

Related Mcqs:

1. In a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms and self – injurious acts, which of the following would not be observed?

   A. Auditory hallucinations
   B. Severe psychomotor retardation
   C. Auto enucleation
   D. Intellectual disorganization

2. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

3. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

   A. 1 & 4
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

4. After he suffered a stroke, Mr. Salim’s physical coordination skills and responsiveness to sensory stimulation quickly returned to normal unfortunately, however, he began to experience unusual difficulty figuring out how to find his way to various locations in his neighborhood. it most likely that Mr. Salim suffered damage to his:

   A. cerebellum
   B. autonomic nervous system
   C. thalamus
   D. association areas

5. Who was the first (1686) to describe a manic – depressive psychosis, which he called ‘maniaco – melancholicus’?

   A. Bonet
   B. Albrecht
   C. Jamison
   D. Redfield

6. Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:

   A. dissociative amnesia
   B. dissociative fugue
   C. dissociative identity disorder
   D. multiple personality disorder

7. Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called:

   A. mood disorder
   B. schizophrenia
   C. organic brain pathologies
   D. somatoform disorder

8. Two friends quarreled over possession of a single orange without realizing that one of them simply wanted orange juice and the other simply wanted to orange peel to make a cake. This classic episode best illustrates the pitfalls of:

   A. a win- lose orientation
   B. the fundamental attribution error
   C. the mere exposure effect
   D. deindividuation

9. Klaus is a psychological graduate student who wants to determine whether electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for schizophrenia. To combine the result of numerous published studies on this issue, Klaus should use a technique called:

   A. counterconditioning
   B. meta – analysis
   C. factor analysis
   D. electric therapy

10. A person who is preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease suffers from:

    A. a conversion reaction
    B. hypochondriasis
    C. a traumatic disorder
    D. an obsession